Beaded blanket strip

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Beaded blanket strip
Beaded blanket strip
Datec. 1875
MediumTanned leather, sinew, and glass beads
DimensionsOverall: 4 3/4 × 56 1/2 × 1/4 in. (12.1 × 143.5 × 0.6 cm)
Credit LineTransferred from the Knox Hall of Natural History, Hamilton College
Object number1984.532
Not on view
DescriptionBlanket strip, beaded with four rosettes.
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Exhibition History 2012-13
Clinton, NY (Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art, Hamilton College). "Affinity Atlas," October 6, 2012 - April 7, 2013 (brochure);

2011
Clinton, NY (Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College). "Learning to Look: Hamilton's Cabinets, Galleries and Museums Past, Present and Future," September 15 - December 16, 2011 (no cat.);

Clinton, NY (Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College). "Stations," September 13, 2010 - January 2, 2011 (no cat.).
Provenance 1984: Hamilton College (Emerson Gallery), by transfer from the Anthropology Department;
by 1979 - 1984: Hamilton College (Anthropology Department), by transfer from the Knox Hall of Natural History;
by 1925: Hamilton College (Knox Hall of Natural History), by gift from an unknown donor (research pending).
Published References AFFINITY ATLAS (brochure Clinton, NY, Wellin Museum of Art, 2012), 12, illus.
Inscribed Inscribed in ink on verso leather at right: NAPl 1 / E94
Beaded pouch
Beaded pouch
Date: c. 1875
Medium: Leather with sinew and glass seed beads
Object number: 1984.534
Belt
Belt
Date: c. 1875
Medium: Leather with brass tacks, glass beads, sinew, and thread
Object number: 1984.539
Amulet with coin pendant
Amulet with coin pendant
Date: c. 1875
Medium: Leather with glass beads, metal, and coin
Object number: 1984.538
Photograph by John Bentham.
Moccasins
Date: date unknown
Medium: Leather with beads
Object number: 1984.1.1a-b
Moccasins
Moccasins
Date: c. 1875
Medium: Leather with glass beads, porcupine quill, dyed horsehair-filled tin cone dangles, and cotton cloth
Object number: 1984.540a-b
Fragment of a beaded loop
Fragment of a beaded loop
Date: unknown
Medium: Leather and glass beads
Object number: 1984.536
Shirt decoration
Shirt decoration
Date: unknown
Medium: Tanned hide, glass beads, and horse or cow tail
Object number: 1984.553
Knife sheath
Knife sheath
Date: c. 1875
Medium: Leather with rawhide, glass beads, and sinew
Object number: 1984.543
Pipebag
Pipebag
Date: c. 1875
Medium: Leather with sinew, porcupine quill, yarn, and glass beads
Object number: 1984.533
Fragment of a Beaded Loop
Fragment of a Beaded Loop
Date: unknown
Medium: Leather; blue and white glass beads
Object number: 1984.537
© Jeffrey Gibson. Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art at Hamilton College…
A VERY EASY DEATH
Jeffrey Gibson
Date: 2015
Medium: Glass and plastic beads, tin cones, steel and brass studs, nylon fringe, and artificial sinew on repurposed wool army blanket, mounted on repurposed canvas punching bag with steel chain
Object number: 2016.5
Club
Club
Date: c. 1875
Medium: Stone, wood, leather, and glass beads
Object number: 1984.544